Here we've gathered pictures from the full course of the storm.
HAITI: On October 25 the storm was already causing widespread flooding
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CUBA: Resident Antonio Garces tries to recover his belongings from his house destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in Aguacate
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FLORIDA: Heavy winds late last week
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NORTH CAROLINA: High winds blow sea foam onto Jeanette's Pier
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WEST VIRGINIA: Heavy snow shut down an interstate and knocked out power for many
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VIRGINIA: Guards stay on duty at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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MARYLAND: Molly White, 9, covers her head as she is pelted by blowing sand on the beach in Ocean City
Molly White, 9, from Frankford, Del., covers her head as she is pelted by blowing sand on the beach, as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in Ocean City, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
DELAWARE: Floodwaters surround homes in Rehoboth Beach
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NEW JERSEY: The boarded up windows on a store front in Margate read "Boo Sandy!"
The boarded up windows on a store front in Margate N.J., read "Boo Sandy!", as the area prepares for the arrival of the superstorm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)
NEW JERSEY: Atlantic City is deserted after evacuations
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - OCTOBER 28: Rain falls on a nearly deserted road ahead of Hurricane Sandy on October 28, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Governor Chris Christie’s emergency declaration is shutting down the city’s casinos and 30,000 residents are being told to evacuate.(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
NEW JERSEY: Waters rushes through a beach side road in Cape May
CAPE MAY, NJ - OCTOBER 29: Waters from Hurricane Sandy start to flood Beach Ave. on October 29, 2012 in Cape May, New Jersey. Later today the full force of Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the New Jersey coastline bringing heavy winds and floodwaters. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Getty Images/Mark Wilson
NEW JERSEY: Water rushes into a PATH station in Hoboken
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NEW YORK: Sand bags protect the Stock Exchange
Sand bags protect the front of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. There had been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward on the New York Stock Exchange but with a storm surge expected to cover parts of lower Manhattan in water, officials decided late Sunday that it was too risky to ask any personnel to staff the exchanges.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
NEW YORK: And then on top of a midtown skyscraper a crane collapsed
NEW YORK: People wade and paddle down a flooded street in Lindenhurst
People wade and paddle down a flooded street as Hurricane Sandy approaches, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Lindenhurst, N.Y. Gaining speed and power through the day, the storm knocked out electricity to more than 1 million people and figured to upend life for tens of millions more.(AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
RHODE ISLAND: A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett
A woman reacts to waves crashing over a seawall in Narragansett, R.I., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
MASSACHUSETTS: Waves crash over the road in a town near Boston Harbor
WINTHROP, MA - OCTOBER 29: Waves crash over Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast on October 29, 2012 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Hurricane Sandy, which threatens 50 million people in the eastern third of the U.S., is expected to bring days of rain, high winds and possibly heavy snow to a wide area on the U.S. East Coast. (Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
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MASSACHUSETTS: People play in the wind in Winthrop
People brave high winds and waves along Winthrop Shore Drive as Hurricane Sandy comes up the coast on October 29, 2012 in Winthrop, Massachusetts.(Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images)
MAINE: Heavy surf crashes over a seawall in Kennebunk
Heavy surf crashes over a seawall on the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Kennebunk, Maine. Hurricane Sandy wheeled toward land as forecasters feared Monday, raking cities along the Northeast corridor with rain and wind gusts, flooding shore towns, washing away a section of the Atlantic City Boardwalk, and threatening to cripple Wall Street and New York's subway system with a huge surge of corrosive seawater.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
MAINE: A car gets battered in Kennebunk
A motorist drives through a flooded road along the Atlantic Ocean during the early stages of Hurricane Sandy, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, in Kennebunk, Maine. The hurricane continued on its path Monday, as the storm forced the shutdown of mass transit, schools and financial markets, sending coastal residents fleeing, and threatening a dangerous mix of high winds and soaking rain.(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
NEW JERSEY: After the storm, earth movers move sand back out to the beach in Cape May
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MARYLAND: A National Guard humvee travels through high water to check for damage in Ocean City
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NEW JERSEY: Kim Johnson looks over debris at her apartment in Atlantic City
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MARYLAND: Sveinn Storm, owner of Storm Bros. Ice Cream Factory looks at flood water outside his store in Annapolis, Md. on Tuesday
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MASSACHUSETTS: A large tree in Methuen lays atop power lines on Tuesday
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NEW YORK: Deserted streets around the NYSE on Tuesday
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NEW YORK: Eileen Blair, second from right, and Keith Klein, right, assess the damage caused by a fire at Breezy Point
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NEW YORK: A swan makes its way down a flooded street in the aftermath in Lindenhurst